If you’re overweight or obese what does that do to your health? Can it effect how you live or even HOW LONG you live? If you are overweight or obese, than What Are You Weighting For? DO SOMETHING about your weight, feel better, get healthy, live longer!! Overweight and Obesity-Related Health Problems in Children and Teens Overweight and obesity also increase the health risks for children and teens. Type 2 diabetes once WAS RARE in American children, but an increasing number of children are developing the disease. Also, overweight children are more likely to become overweight or obese as adults, we’ll look at adult health risks in a little bit. Children also have become heavier. In the past 30 years, obesity has tripled among school-aged children and teens. According to NHANES 2009–2010, about 1 in 6 American children ages 2–19 are obese. The survey also suggests that overweight and obesity are having…